Artsted Catalogue 2022
The “99 Future Blue-Chip artists” is a project that arose from the urgent need within the contemporary art market to find ways to support a new generation of up-and-coming artists, while bringing their vision to a wider audience of collectors and art lovers. For its first-ever edition, “99 Future Blue-Chip Artists” took the form of a printed and curated hardcover edition, featuring artists from all around the globe working across a plethora of media, addressing unique and challenging concepts.
The “99 Future Blue-Chip artists” is a project that arose from the urgent need within the contemporary art market to find ways to support a new generation of up-and-coming artists, while bringing their vision to a wider audience of collectors and art lovers. For its first-ever edition, “99 Future Blue-Chip Artists” took the form of a printed and curated hardcover edition, featuring artists from all around the globe working across a plethora of media, addressing unique and challenging concepts.
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LAKWENA MACIWER
Bright neon colors and positive affirmations lure viewers
to Lakwena Maciver’s graphic text-based murals and
panel paintings.
Maciver first attracted attention with her I Remember
Paradise mural for the 2013 Wynwood Walls festival in
Miami—which coincided with Miami Art Basel. She has
since created other public works around the U.K., where
she is based, at locations such as Tate Britain and the
Southbank Centre. Maciver sometimes embellishes her
hand-painted words with elements like three-dimensional
block letters and sequins, or gilded lettering as in
Your love keeps lifting me higher (2020). She holds a BA
in graphic design from the London College of Communications,
and looks to Barbara Kruger, illuminated manuscripts,
and her Ugandan heritage for visual inspiration.
Maciver enjoys making work that is publicly accessible,
using materials like cardboard templates, masking tape,
and string to produce her hard-edged patterns.
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